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How Jane Kettler-Brooks Runs With These Key Principles
The Brooks Running C.E.O. on Beating Cancer, and Leading With Purpose To find out what it takes to get fit, healthy and feel happier – even when you’re sick – we’ll run through our...
europe
The U.S. is a Big Part of the Problem
Op-Ed: How the U.S. came to protect the natural world — and exploit it at the same time For decades, environmental activists have been warning about a looming global disaster: global warming. They claim...
europe
The Forest Crisis Isn’t Going to Get You Out of the Carbon-Credit Trouble
Op-Ed: California's carbon-offset forests aren't trapping much carbon. Here's how to do better A photo posted by The Guardian (@guardian) on Jan 14, 2014 at 1:25pm PST The first thing I heard about this...
politics
The intersection of Ventura and Pico Boulevard is a traffic nightmare
Residents near Van Nuys Airport feel heard, but they're still angry The intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Pico Boulevard, near Van Nuys Airport (VAN2), had been a busy but quiet intersection in the middle...
us
Germany v Ghana: The World Cup Final
World Cup Viewer's Guide: Germany seeks World Cup rebound This is the first time Germany have reached the World Cup final since 1970. Can they do it after a string of results that have...
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Tosca: The Musical of the Century
Review: An L.A. Opera 'Tosca' that's more than it seems The cast of "Tosca" is fronted by John Corigliano, left, and Mary Beth Long. By Robert Trachtenberg In a production that was lauded by...
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Julie Zuckerman, the Woman Who Survived the Northridge Mudslide
California spends billions rebuilding burned towns. The case for calling it quits? This story was produced by the California Newsreel Project, a partnership of the California Historical Society, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service,...
asia
The latest case of AIDS has shocked conservationists
2% of the world's rarest zebras wiped out in Kenya's relentless drought. The drought has left some of Africa's most treasured species at risk of extinction. In March, Zimbabwe saw its first death from...
health
The floods in Nigeria have killed more than 4,000 people and left thousands in need of hospitalization
Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk People walk in the rain in the state of Plateau, Niger in 2013. (Photo by: NAN) Nigerians have long taken for...
europe
The Supreme Court’s Case for Racial Preference
Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court's conservatives are deluded on race and affirmative action The Supreme Court has consistently upheld the doctrine of racial preferences in employment and education. Last year, the Supreme...